Featured Member: Vera Taskinen

As Managing Director of Toplet Oy, Vera Taskinen leads AFT’s efforts in Romania. She and her team deliver high quality and innovative products to this growing market. Vera explains:

How is Romania changing? Do you see steady growth for pulp and paper producers?

The production capacity of the Romanian paper industry has been on the rise over the past decade. Existing lines are continuously modernized. New and second-hand tissue and board machines are raising capacity.

What added value does AFT provide to customers and prospects?

AFT fits well with a market in need of outside technical know-how and support, in particularly when retrofitting is done to add productivity and improve efficiency. The extensive level of service we offer clients both pre- and post-sales, such as SimAudit studies, equipment evaluation, installation/start-up supervision, creates long-term partnerships with Romanian clients.

Born to a Romanian mother and Finnish father, both working in the papermaking industry, I have a head start! They started Toplet Oy in 1990 after the revolution opened the Romanian markets to foreign suppliers. I officially joined the company after graduating from university in 2008 as a natural continuation, already knowing most of our clients since childhood.

Romania’s picturesque Carpathian Mountains, a favorite place for Vera and family to take walks!